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As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is there hope for the Northern Rockies?
As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
As rivers run dry in the Rocky Mountains and the West, it’s easy to wonder where all the snow you see on mountain peaks goes. Some of it ends up in the air, but researchers aren’t sure how much.
The area’s iconic national parks are home to grizzlies, elk and mountain snowfall that feeds some of the country’s most important rivers. A new report show the changes underway as temperatures rise.
Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the climate warmed.
As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
Mice pups living on mountain tops reserve their energy for growth rather than warmth. When they get too cold, they conserve energy by slowing down their metabolic processes.
New research forecasts that climate change will make multiyear stretches with low snow levels more common across western North America – bad news for water managers, farmers, foresters and skiers.
As warming temperatures shift the availability of key food sources, Alberta’s grizzly bears will be forced to adjust.
Top contributors
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Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology, University of Wyoming
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Professor, Department of Geography, University of Calgary
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Professor of Environmental Studies and Faculty in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor, University of Alberta
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PhD Graduate, University of Calgary
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Physiology, McCall MacBain Teaching and Leadership Fellow, McMaster University
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Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
